Welcome to the Center for
Advanced	Liquid crystal photo provided by Professor Oleg D. Lavrentovich.
Liquid
Crystalline
Optical
Materials

In order to remain competitive, the U.S. needs an equally strong, integrated, interdisciplinary approach to the understanding, design, and production of these materials. It is the mission of the Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (ALCOM) to provide that focus.

Based at the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University, ALCOM consolidates the internationally recognized and complementary expertise of scientists from Kent State University, Case Western Reserve University, and the University of Akron and integrates their activities with liquid crystal research worldwide.

The ALCOM consortium serves as an essential link between the academic and business worlds through workshops where industrial and government researchers can obtain meaningful training. Here, too, participating industry can acquire prototypes needed for funding or market study and advanced materials for the development of new or improved projects.

 

ALCOM Information			IPP Members Only
Principal Investigators		Industrial Partnership Program
Publications and Patents		Industrial Partners Logos and web site links
ALCOM Update Newsletters		Resource Facility
ALCOM Symposia		ALCOM Success Stories
Liquid Crystals Short Course Next course: Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 2002

ALCOM Research Projects

ALCOM Education
ALCOM maintains educational programs at all levels of training. K-12 programs take advantage of the unique and attractive optical properties of these materials to teach and create interest in basic science. Undergraduate through postgraduate programs prepare scientists and engineers for the work force in industry as well as government and university laboratories.

K-12 Education Outreach Program

Creative Connections High School students simulate liquid crystal phases during an ALCOM education workshop.

Chemical Physics Graduate Program, Kent State University

Polymer and Liquid Crystals Tutorial, Case Western Reserve University

International Liquid Crystal Society
ILCS Home Page

19th ILCC, Edinburgh UK, June 30-July 5, 2002

18th ILCC, Sendai, Japan, July 24-28, 2000
17th ILCC, Strasbourg, France, July 19-24, 1998. Photos and ALCOM participation.
16th ILCC, Kent State University, June 24-28, 1996.

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NSF Anniversary Web Site

ALCOM salutes the National Science Foundation on its 50th anniversary.